According to the Orange County Board of Elections, 6,863 voters took advantage of early voting this year. This was a jump from 2019, where only 4,293 votes arrived before Election Day.
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Powell will focus on putting students first by mending the gap between students and the Board.
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Voting turnout is always high during state and national elections, but the elections where voter turnout arguably matters most — local elections — often suffer. This was the case during the Orange County elections, where turnout dropped dramatically this year. Considering the predicted upset for Chapel Hill Town Council, the election could have very easily gone another way if more people had voted. What is the reason for the low turnout?
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Tuesday's local election saw little changes in some areas of Chapel Hill and Carrboro but major potential upsets in others.
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It was one of the more competitive ones in this election cycle with seven candidates vying for four seats. Two incumbents managed to hold onto their seats, but two newcomers could drastically change the makeup of the board.
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Indy Week, a weekly newspaper based in Durham, is one of the few organizations that endorses candidates in Orange County elections. Candidates say Indy endorsements are important to their campaigns, but how much do they actually impact voters?
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Incumbent Rani Dasi, and newcomers Jillian La Serna, Deon Temne and Ashton Powell won seats on the board, unofficial vote counts show.
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“I appreciate the faith and trust that voters in Carrboro put in me, and I consider it really a great honor to be the mayor of Carrboro,” Lavelle said.
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Earlier this year, Tai Huynh, a UNC student, announced his candidacy for the Chapel Hill Town Council. However, he is not the first UNC student to run for a seat on the town council. Three former town councilmen share their experiences with participating in local government as students or recent graduates.
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Pam Hemminger has won reelection for her third term as mayor of Chapel Hill in a landslide.
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The local elections taking place throughout Orange County came to an end Tuesday night, giving way to a surprising voter turnout that nonetheless does not reflect the population as a whole.
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UNC residence halls are split between five different polling places in Chapel Hill. Find out where to go for voting in the 2019 elections if you are registered at a residence hall.
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As election day approaches, candidates for local office in Chapel Hill and Carrboro are entering the homestretch of campaigning. For the Next Action Fund and Chapel Hill Leadership Political Action Committee, this means the wait is almost over: in just a few days, they will know if the candidates they endorsed have secured seats.
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After just over an hour, the marchers’ ‘Housing is crucial, so make yourself useful’ chants came to an end, but not their mission to propose and promote affordable housing.
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Local election season is here in Orange County, so we broke down exactly what you need to know about the candidates in each of the Chapel Hill-Carrboro races.
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